Daniel C Bailey

US Patent:

44285086, Jan 31, 1984

Filed:

Jul 6, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/280323

Inventors:

Paul T. Gardikas - Huntington Beach CA
Daniel W. Bailey - Long Beach CA

International Classification:

B67B 503
B67D 532

US Classification:

222153

Abstract:

An elongate container for drinking water formed from a resilient laterally deformable polymerized resin. The container has a wide mouth neck that has first coarse threads on the exterior thereof that are threadedly and frictionally engaged by second coarse threads on the interior of the combined closure and drinking water dispensing assembly. The assembly has a water dispensing tube projecting outwardly therefrom through which a jet of drinking water is discharged when the container is squeezed by an athlete. The assembly rotatably supports an inverted cup shaped guard, which guard is free to rotate thereon. Visual insignia are provided on the guard to axially align first and second pairs of openings in the closure and guard to permit an elongate rigid member to be extended therethrough, and used to twist the closure assembly into binding frictional engagement with the neck. The elongate member when removed from the openings allows the guard to rotate freely on the closure. Rotation of the guard by an athlete will have no effect on loosening the combined closure and water dispensing assembly from the container to allow the athletes to drink directly from the neck of the container which is unsanitary.